If you live in Connecticut but work in New York, you end up paying income taxes in New York and receiving a credit from the state of Connecticut, known as the convenience rule. But what…
Budget
TRANSPARENCY FOR THE FIRST TIME Published on August 8, 2009 by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy How much responsibility does any single member of Congress have for the $3 trillion Federal budget? It’s impossible…
Published July 16, 2009 by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy “There is a danger to the euphoria that surrounds an unexpected source of revenue. This is the first session since I have been here…
by Fergus Cullen This article originally ran in the Waterbury Republican-American on Sunday, July 5, 2009. Will Rogers might have said, “Half of all money spent by government is wasted. The government just needs to…
by Fergus Cullen This article ran in the Waterbury Republican-American on May 31, 2009 As Gov. M. Jodi Rell and state legislators struggle to close the state budget deficit and balance the next one, a…
As we enter the season in which many towns are voting on their budgets, more schools than ever are asking for increases to cover school technology spending. Some parents are delighted by the prospect of…
HARTFORD – With the poor economy continuing to be a burden on Connecticut’s citizens, the Yankee Institute’s Policy Director, Heath W. Fahle, called the budget proposal announced this morning by Democratic legislators a “death sentence”…
December 2005 With the highest local-state-federal tax burden and one of the most ravenous spending habits in the nation, fiscal policy in Connecticut is disturbingly irresponsible -- particularly given the state’s fragile economic health. Unfortunately,…